Auxiliary inlet-valve for internal-combustion engines.



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AUXILIARY INLET VALVE FOR INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINES.

APPLICATION FILED 05c. I8. I9I6.

1278 863. Pmmd Sept. 17,1918.

' Ag f3 I III; I h 1 I Qnuewfoz 0104410 /9. (iv-lambs. f 5 q (l/Huge V :16 but also a gasket-plate to which the valve is suction of the pistons. I employ a threaded "aomanifold in excess of the air drawn in tion of securing the duct 22 and valve cas- UNITED STATES Pe TENT orrion.

ARTHUR A. CRUSIUS, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

AUXILIARY INLET-VALVE FOB INTERNAL-COMBUSTION ENGINES.

1 278,863, Specification of Letters Patent. Patented Sept, 1'1, 1918,

Application filed December 1a. 1918. Serial no. 131,539.

To allwhom it may concern: I log provided with an opening 6 to register Be it known that I, Alrrnira A. (hmslvs, with the ducts of the carbnreter and mania citizen of the lnited States of America. fold. said gasket-plate being also provided residing at New York city, county and State with openings 7 for the passa e of bolts 8. 60 6 of New York, have invented certain new The other element of the. nom ination conand useful Improvements in Auxiliary Insists of a valve casing 9 having an extension let-Valves for Internal-Comlmstion Engines, 10 provided with a duct 11 communicating of which the following is a full, clear, and with the chamber 12 in the casing 9. The exact description. lonerpart of the casing carries a nipple 13 65 10 This invention relates to improvements in provided with a duct 14 eommunieatin with auxiliary air-inlet valves arra'hged for atthe chamber 1'2. The duct 14 is closed by a. tachment to the intake manifold of an inball-valve 15 which seats on a valve-seat 16 t-ernal combustion motor. M v improved desurrounding the'duct 14. vice not only comprises an automatic valve, To regulate the lift of the valve 15, by the 70 attached, said gasket-plate being arranged rotatable spindle 17 provided with a teat 18 to be positioned between the flanges of a at itslowcr end, said teat havingaconcavity carburetor and intake-manifold. My im- 19 to fitthe ball or valve/15. -The spindle proved valve has for an object to provide a 17 passes through a threaded bushing 20 and I5 20 means whereby air can be drawn into a mo carries a lock-nut 21.

tor and mixed with the combustible mixture The casing 9 is secured to a duct 22, carfrom the. carburcter, at a certain engine ried by the gasket-plate 1, 'by meansof I. speed; that is to say, my improved valve is union consisting of a nut 23 which engages arranged so that it will automatically open the threads on the enlargement 24 of the ex- 80. 25'to admit air to the i'utakeananifold. after tension or neck 10. The outer end of the the engine has attained a speed of say (for enlargementof the neck 10 is tapered to instance) ten miles per hour, whereby a rich form a valve 25 to coiiperate with a. seat 26 combustible mixture will be provided. My in the flanged end 27 of the duct 22. improved valve will admit air to the intake- The. nnion'referred to performs thefunc- 8 5 through the carburetor, it. being well known ing 9 together, and also to provide a means that an auxiliary supply of air is highly whereby the said duct and valve casing can beneficial to the operation of an internal be rotatably connected without the necessity combustiolrmotor. of unscrewing the nut 23. To. adapt the O0 I will now proceed to describe my invcnunion for the. latter function, I provide :1 tion in 'detail, the essential features of lock-nut- 28, which, fter the nut 23 has been a which will be summarized in the appended screwed up to firml connect the parts, can claim, referei'iee being had to the accombe jammed against the said nut 23,.thereby pa,nying drawing, forming part hereof, locking the nut and neck 10 together, and 40. wherein: hence the valve-can be rotated without the Figure 1 is a diagrammatic side view of necessity of nnserewin the nut 28 and also portionof a carbureter and intakemanifold without the danger 0% loosening the conof an internal combustion motor, my imneetion between the parts. provcd valve being. illustrated as attached 7 The valve casing 9 is preferably arranged 4'6 thereto; 1 V for rotatable adjustment in order'that it can Fig. 2 is an: enlarged detail view of my be caused to assume a perfectly vertical p0- improved combination of gasket and airsition, thereby causing the valve 15to propinlet valve; and erl seat.

Fig. 3 is an enlarged cross sectional view, The nipple 1.3 is provided in order, that a 60 the section being taken on a line 33 of pipe 29 can be connected thereto for the a Big. 1. 1 purpose of introducin water, or other cars herein illustrated, my invention conhon removing liquid, intothe motor while sists partly of a gasket-plate '1 arranged for it is running and warm. i insertion between the-flanges 2 and 3 of an When a pipe such as 29 is connected, wa-

56 intake-manifold 4t and carburetor 5, respecter or other liquid, canbe drawn into the tively (see Fig. 1), the said gasket-plate bemotor, by the suction of the pistons, simulta- .vfi' .neously with the combustible mixture. Should I desire to shut ofi' the auxiliary air these two elements, a duct fitting into said opening and having an: annularly flanged outer end which is concave injts-exterior face, a coupling nut sleeved on said duct behind said flanged end and prevented from to permlt the turningo pullin over the latter, an automatic air inlet va ve, aIvalve-casing therefor provided with a lateral duct adapted to screw lnto said nut, the connection between these two latter elements permitting the turning of said casing and valve to secure perfect vertical p0? sitloning of said casing and accurate seating of the valve, this lateral duct of the casing being provided with a convex end, which fits the concavity of the first named duct, and also with a lock m1t, bearing against said couplin nut, the said arts being adapted t said casingwithout unscrewing said lock-nut or loosening said coupling nut from the ducts. Signed at New York city, N. this 16 day of December, 1916.

ARTHUR A. CRUSIUS. 

